President Obama needs to remember that there are three branches of the federal government, designed to be equal. When he does not get his way with Congress, he cannot bypass the system. When he accuses the U.S. House of doing nothing, he is incorrect. The House has passed plenty of legislation that Sen. Harry Reid and the Senate have refused to discuss, thereby eliminating any chance for compromise.

We have a divided government because we have a country that is philosophically divided – limited government, free-market conservatives on one side – and big government, greater regulation liberals on the other. When the president mocks and disrespects the House for blocking his progressive agenda, he is mocking and disrespecting this country's citizens, who elected their members of Congress to represent their views. President Obama cannot just decide that the opinions of at least half of the citizens of the country are immaterial.